Childhood Economic Strains in Predicting Substance Use in Emerging Adulthood: Mediation Effects of Youth Self-Control and Parenting Practices

To examine the influence of childhood economic strains on substance use in young adulthood and to assess the mediating roles of self-control as well as positive parenting during adolescence in a nationally representative longitudinal cohort. The study included data from participants (n = 1,285) in t...

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Published in:Journal of pediatric psychology 2013-11, Vol.38 (10), p.1130-1143
Main Authors: LEE, Chien-Ti, MCCLERNON, F.Joseph, KOLLINS, Scott H, PRYBOL, Kevin, FUEMMELER, Bernard F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Adolescent Development - physiology
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child clinical studies
Child, Preschool
Drug addiction
Female
Humans
Infant
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Models, Psychological
Parenting - psychology
Poverty - psychology
Poverty - statistics & numerical data
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Regular
Risk Factors
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking - psychology
Stress, Psychological - complications
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - etiology
Tobacco smoking
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:To examine the influence of childhood economic strains on substance use in young adulthood and to assess the mediating roles of self-control as well as positive parenting during adolescence in a nationally representative longitudinal cohort. The study included data from participants (n = 1,285) in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Child Development Supplement, and Transition to Adult. Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the associations among risk factors during childhood and adolescence that predicted substance use in early adulthood. Conditions of economic strains, especially poverty, during childhood were associated with an increased likelihood of regular smoking in adulthood, which was partially mediated by poorer self-control during adolescence. Self-control is negatively affected by economic strains and serves as a mediator between poverty and risk of regular smoking. Additional research is needed to better understand how economic strains effect the development of self-control.
ISSN:0146-8693
1465-735X
DOI:10.1093/jpepsy/jst056